Mr Sean O’Driscoll announced as Chair of UCC's Governing Authority.  

UCC to co-lead the National Chapter for Ireland, bringing together ten higher education institutions and three research funding organisations. The creation of National Chapters in different jurisdictions is a key action of the European Union’s Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) and underpins their strategy for implementing and embedding Responsible Research Assessment (RRA), a key element of the Open Research agenda. €200,000 awarded to UCC under the National Open Research Forum (NORF) Research Fund 2023 to embed Open Research practices in Ireland.

The extensive archives track the work of Adi Roche and charity she set up in 1991 in the wake of the 1986 nuclear disaster. Artefacts chart CCI's development from a grass-roots movement to a international UN recognised NGO.  The charity has saved the lives of generations of children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.